12 The Courier SUN • JULY 7, 2016 FOR Breaking news visit www.qns.com police beat Compiled by Katarina Hybenova, Charlie Perry and Robert Pozarycki Basement Waterproofing Brickwork Exposed “Aggregate Concrete” Pavers • Masonry 106th Precinct Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill Richmond Hill robbers steal twice at gunpoint Police are asking the public for help in identifying individuals behind a pair of recent armed robberies in Richmond Hill. At 12:49 p.m. on June 25, authorities said, a 37-year-old male was making a delivery to the TR Food Market at 95-00 Van Wyck Expressway when he was approached by two suspects. One of the perpetrators displayed a black firearm, while the other individual removed the victim’s chain from his neck. Three days later, at 2:40 p.m. on June 28, one of the suspects approached a 33-year-old male standing in front of 112-16 Liberty Ave. The bandit displayed a black firearm and demanded the man’s property. The victim complied and the individual fled the scene. After both robberies, police said, the suspects were seen fleeing inside a gray Toyota Camry. The robberies were reported to the 106th Precinct; there were no serious injuries. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 888-57- PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. 113th Precinct Jamaica, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens Super fatally stabbed in St. Albans Detectives continue to search for clues and suspects behind the stabbing of a 50-year-old man on the afternoon of July 4 inside the St. Albans apartment house where he worked as a superintendent, police said. Police withheld the identity of the victim, who was discovered with multiple stab wounds in the basement of the building on Merrick Boulevard between Sunbury and Ursina roads at about 2:40 p.m. on July 4. According to NBC New York, the victim’s girlfriend found him in the boiler room located next to the apartment where he lived and worked in maintaining the building. Officers from the 113th Precinct and EMS units responded to the location. The victim was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No arrests have been made, and an investigation is ongoing. Man arrested for St. Albans murder A 32-year-old St. Albans man faces murder charges for fatally shooting a man during an argument on a neighborhood street earlier this year. Following an investigation, police took Nakia Garnett of 190th Place into custody early on the morning of June 30 for allegedly killing Phillip Harris, 32, of 188th Street in St. Albans early on the morning of April 16. According to authorities, Garnett and Harris allegedly became embroiled in a verbal dispute in the vicinity of Liberty and Brinckerhoff avenues just before 5:56 a.m. on April 16. The argument turned deadly when Garnett allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Harris multiple times in the torso, then fled the scene. Officers from the 113th Precinct and EMS units were called to the scene and found Harris unconscious and unresponsive. He was transported to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Garnett was booked Thursday on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Brief evacuation at JFK triggered by false bomb alarm In the midst of the heightened airport security following the June 28 bomb attack in Istanbul, Turkey, JFK’s Terminal 5 in Queens was briefly evacuated on Wednesday morning, June 29. An unattended suspicious package was found at Terminal 5, which services the JetBlue airlines, at approximately 8:30 a.m., a Port Authority spokesperson told Daily News. The terminal was evacuated and all surrounding roads were shut after a Homeland Security K-9 dog got a bad read on the item, a law enforcement source told Daily News. The NYPD Bomb Squad determined that the contents of the bag weren’t explosive, and the passengers were allowed to re-enter the terminal shortly before 10 a.m. according to numerous social media accounts. The bomb scare at JFK came only hours after deadly suicide bombing attack on Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, which left 41 dead and numerous others injured. The Port Authority said in a statement that police have added high-visibility patrols equipped with tactical weapons and equipment at JFK, La- Guardia and Newark Liberty airports. The agency reassured people that it continues to monitor the situation in Turkey and is collaborating with federal, state and local law enforcement partners including the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. JetBlue told The Courier in a statement: “Out of an abundance of caution, security checks were conducted at JFK’s Terminal 5 pre-security lobby earlier this morning after a customer left an bag unattended in the check-in area. Authorities determined the bag was not a safety concern and identified the bag’s owner and the check-in area has re-opened. Customers flying this morning may experience minor delays but should still arrive to the airport on time.”
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